glaring
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glaring
- /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ, -ɛɹɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, glare + -ing.
adjective more glaring · most glaring
- Reflecting with glare.
- Blatant, obvious. How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!
- Garish painted in glaring oranges and greens
verb
- present participle and gerund of glare
noun glarings
- The act of giving a glare. Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!
- A group of cats. 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution” Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats. Sheldon: Clowder. Leonard: What? Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: crying, blinding, dazzling, glary, egregious, flagrant, fulgent, gross, bright, rank, blazing, conspicuous, obvious, shocking, bad-tempered, harrowing
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adj reflecting with glare
| Español | reluciente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 眩しい mabushii |
| 中文 | 閃耀的 /闪耀的 shǎnyào de |
| Português | reluzente |
| Deutsch | grell leuchtend, hell strahlend |
| Русский | ослепи́тельный oslepítelʹnyj, слепя́щий slepjáščij |
adj blatant, obvious
| Español | garrafal, palmario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 노골적인, 뻔한 nogoljeogin, ppeonhan |
| 日本語 | 目立つ medatsu |
| 中文 | 明顯 /明显 míngxiǎn, 明顯的 /明显的 míngxiǎn de |
| Português | óbvio, gritante |
| Français | évident |
| Deutsch | krass, schreiend, eklatant |
| Italiano | palese, ovvio, evidente, lampante |
| Русский | вопию́щий vopijúščij, очеви́дный očevídnyj, я́вный jávnyj |
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title = {glaring},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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